The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.

One of the things I love about negotiations is that you have to be able to play it like an orchestra, different instruments for different circumstances. There's sweetness, and encouragement, and cajoling. There's pressure, there's drama, there's ultimatums.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.

It's not the day in which I grew up, long time ago, where we had three news networks. No cable, no social media, no internet. Where what you see is what you got. We had basically straight journalism. We don't have that anymore.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.